The police in Bayelsa State have nabbed a 24-year-old man for allegedly hacking his 21-year-old wife to death with a matchet in Kaima, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state.
DSP Asinim Butswat, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, who stated this, said the suspect, Edwin Vincent who hailed from Uwheru in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta, was already talking to detectives to unravel the motive behind the killing of Joy Michael.
Butswat said the deceased was on a fishing expedition on Sunday with a neighbour when her husband allegedly brutally attacked and killed her.
“On Nov. 5, 2017, at about 0830hrs, one Edwin Vincent, 24, a native of Uwheru in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta, but residing at Boro Camp, Kaima in Bayelsa, attacked and killed his wife, one Joy Michael, 21.
“The deceased, Joy Micheal, went fishing in a nearby bush with her neighbour, one Juliet Philip, when the husband attacked and killed her with a matchet.
“The suspect has been arrested and he has confessed to the crime. Investigation is ongoing to ascertain the motive behind the murder,” the police spokesman said.
